After Wednesday's loss to the Thunder in Oklahoma City, the Warriors are now 0-3 against the teams that made major changes this offseason in an effort to compete with the champs. On top of that, they needed a major comeback at Philadelphia and had to pull out close wins against Toronto and Washington.

This is nothing to panic over. It’s way too early for that. So we’ll call it … something to monitor.

Why aren’t the Warriors bringing it in the biggest games?

“They brought the energy. They brought the juice. They brought the intelligence,” Steve Kerr told reporters after the game of the Thunder. “We didn’t bring any of that.”

In the Kerr era, the Warriors usually get up for the opponents who've threatened them. That’s when they brought their “A” game.

This season, the trend has been the opposite. They’re playing like they aren’t threatened. The...

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